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Our upcoming 50th anniversary has prompted our organization to engage in reflection on our past, and to think critically for our future.

Today, on December 21, 2021, the Winter Solstice and National Homeless Persons Day of Remembrance, was the grand opening of Unity Commons.

Interfaith Works, MultiCare Capital Medical Center, Providence St. Peter Hospital, and Thurston County Public Health and Social Services are partnering to provide people experiencing homelessness a safe place to fully recover after they are discharged from the hospital, with the goal of reducing readmissions and freeing up much-needed hospital beds, the organizations announced today.

Paths to Understanding knows that real, human relationships change hearts. To meet a Muslim and hear their story, to share food with a Muslim, or even to pray shoulder to shoulder with a Muslim builds relationship. And while we might think of relationships as social affiliation, it is also an awareness of our interconnectedness at a spiritual level.

Today is the day after the election. And though there will not be a winner determined today for the office of President, early results show a popular vote that is very close to the percentages per party from 2016. 

OLYMPIA – Funding has been secured for the purchase and development of a half-acre lot on Olympia’s eastern edge that will serve as a temporary homeless shelter and evolve to more broadly serve Thurston County’s unhoused residents.

Each year in Thurston County there are persons who die and whose remains go unclaimed.

Providence ends partnership with Interfaith Works at the Community Care Center.

Whether in the mountains or a temple, in a circle of dancers or in a silent meditation, humans look to experiences which connect them with others, with themselves, with the world, and with the transcendent.

Interfaith Works is happy to announce that Corey Passons has joined the IW team as the new Program Manager for Interfaith Relations.

We've been hearing a lot lately around social media that as a community, we need to be harder with negative consequences for people who "don't want treatment" or "don't want to help themselves" or "refuse the help they are offered".

Please come, eat, share memories, and celebrate the life of this beautiful person who was so full of light and love.

Today, November 1, 2018, marks 4 consecutive years of shelter at the Interfaith Works Emergency Overnight Shelter at First Christian Church. 

We are here to report another amazingly successful year with Rainshadow Running at the helm of the June 16th, Millersylvania 10K/30K/50K trail race in support of the Interfaith Works Homeless Services Program!

Housing First approaches are based on the concept that a homeless individual or household's primary need is to obtain stable housing, and that other issues that may affect the household can and should be addressed once housing is obtained.

May is the inaugural month of the Community Care Centers' new evening workshop program aimed at continued community education and engagement. We are kicking it off on Thursday, May 17th, with "What is Harm Reduction, and why does it work?

On Thursday March 29, 2018, a radiant and beautiful light in all our lives became that much brighter when Lavina Minnie Shults passed on to the next chapter of being.

Late Friday afternoon, Thurston County called for a "Code Blue" indicating that freezing temperatures and snow were set to hit the county and they were asking for all hands on deck to open additional shelter options for our unhoused neighbors at highest risk of death in such conditions.

Two weeks — Two Beautiful Lives Lost. Pixie//Melanie Curry and Mike Abraham passed away.

On Sunday, May 28th, we lost another beautiful shelter guest. I don't remember the first time I met Sandy, exactly, at least not in a specific date or time kind of way. I do remember in that kind of way when someone comes into your life and you are forever changed for knowing them, though.